April's Life Adventures

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Entrepreneur

The hills around Antioch are full of mystery. A young child could get lost in his imagination for hours on end within the boundaries of nature's playground. These hills had numerous trees which were perfect homes for tree forts, cables to swing from, and even an ancient windmill to battle and conquer.

It was within these hills that my husband found a way to generate much needed cash for the endless Christmas shopping. His mother had enlisted his help in finding some mistletoe for her home. Thus the light bulb in his head went on. Who would think to go into the hills and find free mistletoe? Only a twelve year old boy, that is who.

Armed with a large pillow case and some clippers, he sojourned back into the wilderness to collect his bounty. The trees were full of the stuff. It was ripe and there for the taking.

After packaging each one in a sandwich baggie or a freezer bag tied up with red ribbon. Then he was off to the front of a grocery store to sell his product. He was a shrewd business man. If someone was near him selling for a dollar, he would drop to fifty cents. If he wanted to sell in a particular location but it was taken, he would stand right next to them and sell for less. Eventually, he ran the competition off to other places. By the end of the season, he had made well over three hundred dollars.

Oh how I wish that mistletoe grew in Idaho...

Posted by April_Mommy :: 11:29 AM :: 5 comments